Cast But One Shadow
Manila, Philippines 22.09.21 - 15.02.22
Cast But One Shadow
“Cast But One Shadow: Afro-Southeast Asian Affinities” was a densely researched exhibition. It was the Manila iteration of curators Carlos Quijon Jr. and Kathleen Ditzig’s ongoing project reviewing global solidarities from a Southeast Asian positionality, which began in Singapore with the show “In Our Best Interests: Afro-Southeast Asian Affinities during a Cold War” (2021).
Expansive in its explorations, the presentation occupied all three floors of UP Vargas Museum, even stretching into its external spaces, and included new commissions, loans from the museum, diplomatic gifts from the Macapagal collections, and archival materials that trace the historical and imagined ties of Afro-Southeast Asia.
Featured Artist
Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Encompassing video, sculpture and installation, Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn's work explores strategies of political resistance through rituals, the making of objects (both as testimony and devotion), supernaturalism and the impact of mass media on these moments of resistance. His work also focuses on the cultural alienation of the expatriate experience.
Since 2006, he has worked collaboratively with the Propeller Group, which he founded. The collective’s work has been featured in exhibitions at the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, US (2017); Phoenix Art Museum, US (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2016); Venice Biennale (2015); Prospect.3, New Orleans Triennial (2014); New Museum Triennial, New York (2012) and Los Angeles Biennial (2012), among others.
Artist
There are 14 artists from Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea who present their works at UP Vargas Museum, the Philippines.
